What did your amiga look like in 1991?

[A1k3K]

1991... oh so very very long ago.   (first post here).

I had bought my first Amiga in 1990, it was an A1000 which I paid $500 from C= Refurbish program through a friend.  It came with the 512k installed.  I had the option to go with the A500, but I was done with keyboard-computers with my C=128 and had been using PC-DOS systems in tech school.    My A1000 was plugged into my TV since my 1902 monitor was used as my monitor for my C=128 with all my data and modem, etc.  Very quickly, my C=128 became #2 then put into the closet.

By the time 1991 came around... my Amiga1000 has pass from a Micobiotics 2MB RAM expander. to a SCSI-RAM expander box (forgot the name - ugly goldish looking box) which barely held a 3.5" 20mb HD.... oh that was sooo good after 1+ year of just floppies.

Amiga 1000  (Still have it)
Amiga 1010 drive (Still have it)
Generic 3.5" drive
Xtra?? SCSI & 2MB box with 20mb HD
68010-14mhz CPU upgrade card (plugged into CPU socket with switch to ORG 68000)
Flicker-Fixer (This meant VGA monitor, rock solid display in 640x480)
VGA monitor, generic 13".  (tiny compared to my 24" today)

I soft-booted into 2.0ROMs for productivty.  1.3 for games.  This was my setup until my Amiga 3000 and I sold all the add-ons to help pay for it, but couldn't part with my 1000.


Today: My 1000 is IN its original Amiga Box, in a closet 15 feet away.  The C=1920 monitor is used as a video monitor for my VHS conversion setup.  I wish my A3000 was in better condition... faulty daughter expansion board overheats, C= couldn't figure this out after 2 mobo swaps under warranty before they died.

I used both Pagestream and Mac emulation for desktop publishing back then.

[A1k3K]

In 1991 I didn't have an amiga, or a computer at all, for that matter. Money and time was instead used on school, archery and partying

Then WHY are you here?   :roflmao:
(NO SOUP FOR YOU!)

I didn't get my Amiga till about 1993 or 94. But here it is cira 1996 or so while it was running my CNet BBS. Used a DataFlyer 500 and the Ram Expansion for it, the Bodega Bay.~

Man, I remember the Bodega Bay, that thing was HUGE!  Even today, with the power of PC's - the IDEA of running 4-6 slots and drives off a single expansion slot - which was really designed for much less, and yet - it WORKED!

Meanwhile 20 years later since my 91' A1000 (above), today what I have is 986mhz faster with 16GB more data storage, 16million more colors and higher resolution, with communications that is 1000x faster and wireless and can tell me where I am anywhere in the world...  yet it fits in my pocket and is just... a PHONE.

[A1k3K]

Finally remembered the HD interface I had on my A1000 in 1991.
A1000 Xetec FastTrack SCSI, it looked very much like this:

This is an A500 version, The A1000 version looks eactly the same but the Zorro slot is on the other side and it had a stand since the A1000's zorro wasn't at desk level.

Quick Recap: A1000 with A1000 Xetec FastTrack SCSI with 2mb installed and a used 20mb Quantum HD.  An ICD Flicker Fixer and ICD 68010 @ 14mhz socket plug ins (I've actually fallen asleep awaiting for a screen refresh on PageStream) - Running ADOS 2.0 (softroms)... but would run ADOS 3.0 when the A1200/4000 hit the market.  It ran faster and used less chip ram than ADOS 2.x.     I had 2 external floppy drives and a 13" Packard Bell monitor.

So, I was running AmigaOS 3 before I got my A3000, which I reformatted to AmigaOS 3.0 on its first day.   I have both of the Amigas, both work.